Chelmsford Science Festival Toddler & Early Years STEM Workshop

Join Sandra Beale for inspirational and fun STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) experiments for toddlers and early years where they can participate as well.

The experiments include self-inflating balloons, electromagnetics, ziplines and water fountains as well as other experiments.

Sandra is a mum of three who believes children can understand and analyse scientific concepts at an early age. She started toddler and early years STEAM sessions when her middle son was just 9 months old.

What started as entertainment solely for her baby soon grew after visiting friends were amazed at a 9-month-old doing science experiments and wanted their children to participate in the sessions.

Since then, the sessions have grown and have appeared several times on the BBC, BBC Tiny Happy People, BBC Radio, BBC Breakfast, Early Years TV, local and national newspapers and magazines and were nominated for a STEM Initiative of the Year Award at the Cambridge Science and Technology Awards in May 2023.